"Tolerance becomes a crime when applied to evil" - Thomas Mann

I don't think that Rusty chose that quote for his blog lightly.

We are in a war. Not a cold war, not a proxy war, but a red hot shooting war.

To date, no war has been won by American jurisprudence.

Under the United States Constitution, the prisoners in Guantanamo have no rights.

Under the Geneva Conventions, the prisoners in Guantanamo have no rights.

None. Zero. Zip. Nada.

Yet we have gone out of our way to make their stay in the tropics as comfortable as possible. From meals prepared in accordance with Islamic teachings to prayer rugs given upon arrival. Riots have occurred over fictional accounts of Koran flushing, never mind that we have no obligation to provide them with Korans. In short, they are being treated under the Geneva Convention even though it doesn't apply to them.

Were German POWs, who actually wore a uniform, and carried arms openly, given copies of Mein Kampf and shown newsreels of Hitler's speeches? Hardly.

While the focus is on three terrorists who committed suicide, no mention is being made of the dozens released who returned to their chosen vocation of killing Americans.

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